Juventus midfielder Felipe Melo has been awarded the Bidone d'Oro, a prize commemorating the worst signing of the season.

The Brazil international joined Juventus in an £18.5m transfer from Fiorentina, which also saw Marco Marchionni go the other way.

According to Rai “Castersport”, Melo received 22.87 per cent of the vote and finished just ahead of Inter's Ricardo Quaresma.

In what turned out to be a bad day for Juventus, Tiago, the Portuguese midfielder, also came third in the rankings with 9.9 per cent of the vote.

Since the prize was inaugurated in 2003, Inter have seen two of their players receive the Bidone d'Oro, the first being Adriano in 2006 and 2007, the second being Quaresma last year.

Juventus have only collected the award once before way back in 2004 after Nicola Legrottaglie was judged to have been a flop following his move from Chievo.

http://www.football-italia.net/dec14m.html

seems to be a little harsh but still funny

Hardly the worst player, as he started the season fantastically. He is a Juve player though and cost £25m, so everyone would vote for him. I think Juve players have won these most years even though we finish high, which says something.

Quaresma finished 2nd this season? Finally sounds like he's turning the corner

Quaresma is terrible. Still want him at Liverpool?

"I'm not bothered by the Golden Bin; it's nothing but radio rubbish.", Melo said before he added "This is one of my best years in football."

I'd like to see a guy try and give him the trophy

that your players are rubbish

no joking aside, dont understand why he got it tbh, hel surely show his worth after Christmas

Good thing Huntelaar scored those 2 goals otherwise it could've been him

£25m is a lot of money though. I think we'll see better from him after the winter break. He is tired, bless him.

Have you seen Liverpool recently? I'd give him a go on loan for sure,...Quaresma has the mentality of an idiot which is his problem, but he was excellent against Fiorentina about 2 weeks ago wasn't he? Don't know if he's played since...